{"product_id":"of-mud-and-flame-a-pendas-fen-sourcebook-9781907222689","title":"Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matthew Harle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExploring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a 1974 BBC film that achieved mythic status.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1974, the BBC broadcast the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, leaving audiences mystified and spellbound. “Make no mistake. We had a major work of television last night,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e declared the next morning. Written by the playwright and classicist David Rudkin, the film follows Stephen, an 18-year-old boy, whose identity, sexuality, and suffocating nationalism unravels through a series of strange visions. After its original broadcast, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e vanished into unseen mythic status, with only a single rebroadcast in 1990 sustaining its cult following. With a DVD release by the BFI in 2016, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePenda's Fen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has now become totemic for those interested in Britain's deep history, folklore, and landscape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOf Mud and Flame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together writers, artists, and historians to excavate and explore this unique cornerstone of Britain's uncanny archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eContributors include\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Rudkin, Sukhdev Sandhu, Roger Luckhurst, Gareth Evan, Adam Scovell, Bethany Whalley, Carl Phelpstead, David Ian Rabey, David Rolinson, Craig Wallace, Daniel O'Donnell Smith, William Fowler, Yvonne Salmon, Andy W. Smith, Carolyne Larrington, John Harle, Timothy J. Jarvis, Tom White, Daniel Eltringham, Joseph Brooker, Gary Budden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268925448343,"sku":"9781907222689","price":2408.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781907222689.webp?v=1767916361","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/of-mud-and-flame-a-pendas-fen-sourcebook-9781907222689","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}